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A MID 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER'S SWORD
with 27½in. steel flat back blade signed Coulaux & CO. Klingenthal , ornate brass hilt with fouled anchor, oak leaf and dolphin quillon, wire-bound ebony grip with cockle shells; with brass mounted leather scabbard and silk loop -- 36in. (91.5cm.) long
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with 27½in. steel flat back blade signed Coulaux & C
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Literature
May & Annis: Swords for Sea Service, H.M.S.O, 1970, vol 1 pp. 147; vol 2 pl. 103
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis